That should be the bumper sticker on all our cars and trucks. It is the least we can do to stop the slaughter of bears on the highways.

In the last three weeks, two bears have wandered out of the Angeles National Forest to look for food, only to get run over.

I’m alarmed by this anonymous slaughter of our wildlife. Not just because it is happening way too frequently. But because of the way it is happening.

Bears are the victims of hit-and-run drivers. Under the law, it is not a crime to leave the scene of a crash with a non-domesticated animal. That’s right. You can hit and run if its a bear, deer or bobcat. That’s exactly what L.A.-area motorists are doing.

It’s wrong. It should be illegal.

A bear was found in Monrovia about three weeks ago so badly injured the California Department of Fish and Wildlife had to euthanize the critter. A veterinarian who examined the 400-pound bear determined it could not survive massive internal injuries consistent with being hit by a vehicle. It had a broken jaw, an injured shoulder and was suffering.

After it was struck, the 400-pound gentle giant climbed a tree in the 100 block of Melrose Avenue. When Fish and Wildlife wardens coaxed the bear down from the tree, they noticed it was injured. It had gone up the tree to get away from humans.

“It was in bad shape. To end its suffering, we euthanized it,” said Andrew Hughan, spokesman for the Fish and Wildlife.

Earlier this week, another bear was the victim of a vehicle collision. Again, no one stopped. The driver just sped away.

The injured bear, a 3-year-old male weighing about 275 pounds, went to the porch of a home at 8500 block of East Avenue in the high-desert town of Littlerock on the north side of the San Gabriel Mountains. There, it curled up and died.

The homeowner reported “a sleeping bear.” Fish and Wildlife authorities found the bear had expired. They determined the bear had sustained injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle. Yet no reports of a collision were filed with authorities.

Folks in Baldwin Park may remember this bear. On Friday morning it turned up in a tree in Baldwin Park at Puente Avenue and Ramona Boulevard, most likely looking for something to eat. The bear had ambled from the forest, through Azusa, Irwindale and West Covina, avoiding cars along the way I’m sure.

Why no reports? Why another bear hit-and-run? Have we no decency to stop and help a wild animal, or at least report it?

Unfortunately, wildlife killed by vehicles are all too common.

Recently, I was vacationing in the Grand Tetons and the ranger told me moose and pronghorn antelope are killed by vehicles more often than by predators. Authorities estimate more than 1 million animals are killed on U.S. roads each year — the leading cause of death for vertebrates.

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In August 2012, a bear wandered onto the 210 Freeway in La Canada Flintridge and was struck and seriously injured by a vehicle. Later, Fish and Wildlife put the animal to sleep.

In an infamous incident at the University of Colorado in Boulder, a bear was safely removed from a tree. The picture of a tranquilized bear nicknamed “falling bear” went viral. Two days later authorities said the bear was dead, the result of a vehicle collision on Highway 36.

Accidents happen. And I understand that no one intentionally wants to run over a bear. But when no one stops to report it, that’s wrong.

Fish and Wildlife officials correctly report that it is not a crime or vehicle code violation to hit a wild animal with a car. Hit-and-run of a domestic animal, such as a dog, is a misdemeanor.

Despite the discrepancy in the law, Fish and Wildlife is appealing to human decency. To report a serious collision involving animals, call the toll free number: 1-888-334-2258.

Steve Scauzillo is a columnist for the Los Angeles News Group. Steve.scauzillo@langnews.com